A vendor at an open-air market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last month. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters) The United States, Mexico and Canada trade with one another under a pact that replaced the long-standing ...

The IMF reckons that by making it easier for this to happen across the rest of the economy, among other reforms, South Africa could boost its GDP by about 2.5% over five years.

Current legislation limits foreign investors’ voting rights to just 20%, even if their economic interest is higher. But a ...